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East Lancs does electronic pre-op

4 December 2013 12:00 AM

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has developed an electronic pre-operative assessment record which transfers patient pathway information between teams.

Prosecution for illegal records access

3 December 2013 5:10 PM

A former GP surgery manager has been prosecuted and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of nearly 2000 patients, most of whom were women in their 20s and 30s.

Philips launches products at RSNA

3 December 2013 12:00 AM

Philips has released two new imaging products at the Radiology Society North America 2013 conference in Chicago.

Structured reporting could save lives

3 December 2013 12:00 AM

Structured reporting in radiology could save lives, a meeting at the Radiological Society of North America annual conference heard on Monday.

ROI demands delay tech fund

3 December 2013 12:00 AM

An announcement of allocations from the £260m ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards’ Technology Fund is being delayed by stringent Treasury demands on the Return on Investment trusts must deliver, EHI understands.

GP extract to care.data starts in March

2 December 2013 12:00 AM

The extraction of GP data as part of the care.data programme will begin from March next year, according to a paper to be presented to the Health and Social Care Information Centre this week.